[illustration]
[illustration]
I Am a young woman and faine I would haue,
te ra la tal da rat de ra do,
A husband that will maintaine mebraue,
Tis that which my heart doth wish and craue,
te ra la la te ra la la tal da rat de ra do.
And if I haue a husband kind,
te rala tal da rat de ra do,
That giues content vnto my mind,
A courteous wife he shall me find.
te ra la la te ra la la tal da rat de ra do.
But if my husband froward be,
te ra la tal da rat de ra do,
The same bread he doth breake to me,
He shall eat part out presently.
te ra la la te ra la la tal da rat de ra do.
And if my husband vse to rome,
te ra la tal da rat de ra do,
He shall not kéepe me like a mome,
He were better to stay with me at home.
te ra la la te ra la la tal da rat de ra do.
And if my husband kéepes me bare,
te ra la tal da rat de ra do,
With thred bare cloathes and hungry fare,
The worst will fall to his owne share.
te ra la la te ra la la tal da rat de ra do.
And if my husband vse me well,
te ra la tal da rat de ra do,
Of his deserts my tongue shall tell,
How that in loue he doth excell,
te ra la la te ra la la tal da rat de ra do.
If he buy me new hat and gowne,
te ra la tal da rat de ra do,
That I may flaunt it vp and downe,
With some of the brauest in the towne.
te ra la la te ra la la tal da rat de ra do.